Improved closet por cake



luitd States GEORGE-A. HIGGINS, OF NEW YORK, Y.

Letters Patent No. 101,618, dated April 5, 1870.

IMPROVED CLOSET FOR CAKE.

The Schedule referred to-in these Letters Patent and makng'part of thesame.

To all whom 'it may concern:

'Be it known that I, GEonon A.H1cc1ns, of the city and State of NewYork, have invented and made new and useful Closet for Cake, Sac.; andthe following is declared to be a correct description thereof.

This device is for containing cake, pastry, or bread, so as to preventthe same becoming too dry, and at the same time allow for easilyintroducing or removing the cake, and cutting the same.

This invention consists in a closet made of sheet metal, with a swingingdoor and sliding trays supported upon sheet-metal ledges, so that a traycan he slipped out and the cake or pastry cut upon the same, and thetray slipped back againinto the closet.

V'lhese trays are made so that a portion of the front of the box isclosed by the same, to prevent the ac. tion of the air when the door isopen.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the cake-closet, and

Figure 2 is a front view with the door open.

c a are the sides;

b b the top and bottom; and

o the back of a sheet-metal box of suitable size, and

d is the swinging dooritted with a latch or fastening.

Within the closet formed of the aforesaid parts, there are sheet-metalledges, e e, attached to the sides a a, at the desired distances apart,and one or more trays, j; are provided, and each tray is made with afront, 2, and sides, 3.

It will now be understood that the trays f support cake orpast-ry, andcan be drawn out or replaced as convenient, and the cake is not exposedto currents oi'- air even when the door d is open.

The lower portion of the closet can be used for bread or other yiands.

This cake-closet is snperiorto the cake-boxes heretofore made ofsheet-metal, 'because in them the -viands rest one upon the other, andthe upper ones have to be removed to give access to those below, and thelower oncs are apt to be injured by the weight resting upon them.

A small hole may be provided at the back of .the closet, so that thesamemay be hung upon a hook or nail. v

In transportation, these closets may be set into each other, formingnests of the different sizes, and, in packing the ,closets into eachother, the trays f can be placed at the top and bottom as indicated bydotted lines, having a space for a closet that is but little smallerthan the one into which it is introduced.

I claim as my invention- The closet for cake or pastry, made ofsheet-metal, with a swinging door and sliding trays, constructed in themanner and for the purposes set forth.

Signed by me this 7th day of March, A. D. 1870.

GEORGF A. HIGGINS.

Witnesses CHAs. H. SMITH, GEO. ',l. PIN'CKNEY.

